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UK has emerged as India’s second largest international research and innovation partner.

Objectives of the Collaboration

• To increase cooperation between India and the UK in the areas of clean and green energies
• Promote the use of advanced batteries
• Use of carbon capture method to reduce air pollution and infusing better technology in this area
• Production of hydrogen-related fuels
• Encourage the affordability of biomaterials, improvement of livestock research

Highlights

• India will join G20 troika in few days from 1st December this year and will hold the G20 presidency from December 1, next year and India plans to convene the G20 leaders' summit in 2023 for the first time. 
• It was rightly pointed out that the Newton – Bhabha MoU, which was signed between India and UK, took scientific cooperation to the next level and opened up avenues for research in energy security, food and agriculture, water, health, climate change. The present collaboration acts as a further boost to these areas of cooperation. 
• India is assured to establish a One Health approach and put forth a Global Equitability for Health Infrastructure Development to counter pandemic-like situations.

India’s flagship initiatives

• National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber Physical Systems(ICPS)
• Quantum Computing and Communication
• National Mission on Supercomputing
• Deep Ocean Mission
• Electric Mobility
• Green hydrogen etc.